The Miracles of Prophet Muhammed (PBUH)

Why are we concerned about the miracles of prophet Muhammed? •Proof of his prophethood.•Evidence for the existence of God.•Verification that the Quran is the book of

God.•Confirmation of the existence of Angles.•An irrefutable sign to the existence of life

after death.•Verification of concepts such as fate

(kader).

The comprehensiveness of his miracles•His messengership was universal unlike

any other in history.•The person to bring light upon all the

truths in the universe. •Like a representative of a renowned king

visiting a country on behalf of the king.•The representative will be welcomed by

various people, groups, clubs, etc...

The comprehensiveness of his miracles cont.•Each species of creation from water,

rocks, trees, animals and humans to the moon, the sun and the stars all welcomed him and applauded his prophethood.

•Each in its own language, and each bearing one of his miracles.

Categorising the miracles•First category: Is called irhasat and

includes the paranormal events that happened at the time of his birth or before his prophetic mission.

•Second category: All the evidences after his prophethood and contains two subdivisions.

•(1) First are those miracles that occurred after his death.

•(2) Second are those miracles that occurred during the era of his prohpethood.

The types of miracles•First Type: Evidences of his prophethood

that became obvious in his own personality, his inner and outer being, his moral conduct, etc...

•Second Type: Miracles that happened in the outer world and this also has two subdivisions.

•(1) Mircales concerning the Quran and spirituality.

•(2) Miracles relating to materiality and the universe.

Why did these miracles occur?•(1) To break the stubbornness of the

unbelievers or to increase the faith of the believers.

•(2) To assist humanity in the future with predictions he made upon God’s instructions.

Predictions concerning events lying in the future•There is no limits to the reports prophet

Muhammed gave concerning the unseen through the instruction of God who is All-Knowing.

• The Twenty-Fifth Word lists many of them concerning the unseen about past times, past prophets, truth concerning God, the universe and hereafter. We will here point out a few concerning his companions, his family and the believers after his death.

Predictions concerning events lying in the future cont.•“This is my grandson Hasan is a master of

men by means of whom God will reconcile two great groups.”

•To Hz. Ali “You will fight the untrustable, the just, and the deviator.”

•To Hz. Ali again when he was displaying love for Zubayr “He will fight against you, but will be in the wrong.”

Predictions concerning events lying in the future cont.•Our prophet to his wives “One among you

will take charge of a rebellion; many around her will be killed.”

•These all predict the struggles of Hz. Ali against Aisha, Zubayr and Talha during the battle of the Camel, against Muawiya at Siffin, and against the Kharijites at Harura and Nahrawan.

Predictions concerning events lying in the future cont.•“You will be victorious over all your

enemies, will succeed in the conquest of Makkah, Khaybar, Damascus, Iraq, Persia and Jerusalem, and will share among yourselves the treasures of the rulers of the greatest empires, the Byzantines and the Persians.”

•“Incumbent upon you is following the path of those who come after me, Abu Bakr and Umar.”

Predictions concerning events lying in the future cont.•According to an authentic and certain

narration, before the Battle of Badr, he pointed out one by one the places where the leaders of the Quraysh would be killed, saying “Abu Jahl will be killed here, Utba here, Umayya here, etc...,” and added, “I shall kill Ubayy b. Khalaf with my own hands.” His predictions all proved to be true.

Predictions concerning events lying in the future cont.•“Zayd has taken the banner and been

struck; now Ibn Rawaha has taken the banner and been struck; now Ja’far has taken the banner and been struck; now one of God’s swords [i.e. Khalid] has taken it.” Two to three weeks later Ya‘la b. Munabbih returned from the battle. He gave details of the battle and they were exactly the same as what the Prophet had described. This battle occurred at a distance of one month’s journey from where the prophet was.

Predictions concerning events lying in the future cont.•“Uthman will be killed while reading the

Qur’an.”•The Messenger of God said to Fatima “You

will be the first of my Family to join me after my death.” Six months later, what he said took place.

•He also told Abu Dharr “You will be expelled from here [Madinah], will live alone, and will die alone.”All this came true twenty years later.

Predictions concerning events lying in the future cont.•“Istanbul will be conquered, and blessed

are the ruler and the troops that will conquer it.”

•He also said “Were religion to be hung on the cluster of stars, men from Persia would reach up and lay hold of it,” indicating that matchless scholars and saints like Abu Hanife would emerge from Iran.

Predictions concerning events lying in the future cont.•In addition, he foretold Imam Shafi‘i,

saying “A scholar from Quraysh who will fill all regions of the earth with learning.”

•The messenger of God said to Hz. Ali, “As was true of Jesus, two groups of people will perish on your account: one because of excessive love, the other because of excessive enmity.”

Predictions concerning events lying in the future cont.• “The fortress of Khaybar will be conquered at

‘Ali’s hand.”• When he threw the door aside after the

conquest, eight strong men or according to another version, forty tried to lift it, but could not do so.

• To Suraqa, the Prophet once said “You will wear the two bracelets of Khosrau.” Khosrau was wiped out during the Caliphate of Umar. When Khosrau’ jewelry arrived, Umar put the bracelets on Suraqa.

Predictions concerning events lying in the future cont.•Utba b. Abi Lahab, God’s Messenger prayed

“May he be eaten by one of the dogs of God!” predicting the terrible fate of Utba. While on his way to the Yemen, Utba was killed by a lion.

•“There will be a big epidemic during the conquest of Jerusalem.” When Jerusalem was conquered during the Caliphate of Umar, a widespread epidemic caused in three days the death of about seventy thousand people.

Predictions concerning events lying in the future cont.•Abbas was captured by the Companions in

the Battle of Badr. When he was asked for ransom, he said he did not have money. God’s Messenger said to him “You and your wife Umm Fadl hid that much money [he gave the exact amount] in such-and-such a place.” Abbas confirmed this, saying “This was a secret known by only the two of us,” and became a Muslim.

Predictions concerning events lying in the future cont.•At the conquest of Makkah, as is also related in

an authentic narration, Bilal al-Habashi went up onto the roof of the Ka‘ba and made the call to prayer, while Abu Sufyan, Attab b. Asid, and Harith b. Hisham, from among the leaders of the Quraysh, were sitting together nearby. Attab said “My father was fortunate enough not to witness this moment.” Harith said contemptuously about Bilal “Could Muhammad have not found someone other than this black crow to make the mu’ezzin?”

Predictions concerning events lying in the future cont.•Abu Sufyan said “I am afraid to say

anything, for he will come to know of whatever I say. Even if nothing else informs him, the rocks of this Batha [Makkah] will do so.” Indeed, a little later the Messenger encountered them and repeated to them their conversation word for word. That very moment Attab and Harith became Muslims.

Predictions concerning events lying in the future cont.•Again, according to an authentic narration, the

Prophet (PBUH) predicted that Basra and Baghdad would come into existence, which at that time had not been founded, that the treasure of the world would enter Baghdad, and that the Turks and the people living on the shores of the Caspian Sea would do battle with the Arabs and that the majority of them would later enter the fold of Islam and that among the Arabs they would come to dominate them.

Predictions concerning events lying in the future cont.•The incidents we have so far mentioned

concerning prophet Muhammed’s predictions of events lying in the future does not even comprise one tenth of what is out there.

• In addition to what is mentioned here, four general kinds of miracles concerning predictions of the Unseen have been described briefly in the Twenty-Fifth Word (past times and past prophets, truth concerning God, the universe and hereafter).

Predictions concerning events lying in the future cont.•Now consider the kinds mentioned here

together with the four general kinds of miracles described briefly in the Twenty-Fifth Word.

•You will see what conclusive, indisputable, sound, brilliant, and firm proof of his messengership they form.

•Indeed, anyone whose heart and mind are not corrupted will surely believe that Muhammad is the messenger of God.

Miracles concerning the increase of food through his blessing• Sixteen examples written in The Nineteenth

Letter.• Abu Ayyub al-Ansari, relates that when the

Prophet honoured his house, he had prepared a meal for two, which would suffice the Prophet and Abu Bakr. But the Prophet told him “Invite thirty men from among the distinguished Ansar!” Abu Ayyub said thirty men came and ate. The Prophet then said “Invite sixty men” which I did, and they also came and ate.” The Prophet then said “Invite seventy more.”

Miracles concerning the increase of food through his blessing cont.•I invited them; they came, and when they

finished eating, there was still food left in the bowls. All who came embraced Islam and took the oath of allegiance after witnessing this miracle. One hundred and eighty men ate the food of two men.

Miracles concerning the increase of food through his blessing cont.•According to an authentic narration from

Abu Talha, the uncle of Anas who served God’s Messenger, the Messenger fed seventy to eighty men with a small amount of rye bread that Anas had brought under his arm. The Messenger ordered: “Break the bread into small pieces!” and prayed for increase. Because the house was small, they came ten at a time, and left having filled themselves.

Miracles concerning the increase of food through his blessing cont.•According to an authentic narration from Ali,

the messenger of once gathered the Bani ‘Abd al-Muttalib. They were about forty, including some who would eat a young camel and drink a gallon of milk in one meal. Yet for them he had prepared only a handful of food. All ate and were satisfied, and the food remained just as it had been before. Later he brought milk in a wooden bowl that would have been sufficient for only three or four persons. They all drank till they were full.

Miracles concerning the increase of food through his blessing cont.•All the accurate books of tradition, and

foremost Bukhari and Muslim, narrate that when Jabir’s father died, he was heavily in debt. His creditors were Jews. Jabir offered the creditors all his father’s possessions but they did not accept them. The fruit produced by his orchard over many years would have been insufficient to defray the debt. The Noble Messenger said “Pick and gather in all the fruit in the orchard!” They did so, then the Noble Messenger walked around the crop and prayed.

Miracles concerning the increase of food through his blessing cont.•Then Jabir gave from the amount

corresponding to his father’s debt. What was left was as much as the annual produce of the orchard. And according to another narration, it was equal to the amount he gave the creditors. The Jews were amazed and astounded at this.

Miracles concerning the increase of food through his blessing cont.•Foremost Bukhari, and the accurate books

relate, through an authentic narration, that once Abu Hurayra was hungry, so he followed God’s Messenger into his house. There they saw that a cup of milk had been brought as a gift. God’s Messenger said to him “Call all the People of the Bench!” Abu Hurayra relates “I said to myself, I could drink all the milk myself, as I was most in need of it.”

Miracles concerning the increase of food through his blessing cont.•But since it was God’s Messenger’s order,

Abu Hurayra fetched the People of the Bench, who numbered more than a hundred. God’s Messenger told Abu Hurayra to offer milk to them. Abu Hurayra gave the cup to each one by one, and each drank until satisfied. At the end, the Messenger told Abu Hurayra, “The rest is for me and you.”

Miracles concerning the increase of food through his blessing cont.•As Abu Hurayra drank, God’s Messenger

kept telling him to drink more, until Abu Hurayra said, “I swear by the God who sent you with the truth that I am too full to drink any more.” Then God’s Messenger drank the rest, invoking the name of God and offering Him thanks.

Miracles concerning the increase of food through his blessing cont.•This undoubtable, manifest miracle, as pure

and sweet as milk itself, is related by all Six Books with their sound narrations, and foremost Bukhari, who committed to memory five hundred thousand Hadiths. Moreover, it is narrated by a celebrated, loyal, and brilliant student of theProphet’s blessed school of the Bench, Abu Hurayra, who also cited as witness-rather represented- all the other students of the Bench.

Miracles concerning the increase of food through his blessing cont.•Therefore, not to regard such a report as

having the certainty of ‘consensus,’ either one’s heart should be corrupted, or one’s brain, destroyed! Is it ever possible that such a truthful person as Abu Hurayra, who devoted all his life to the Prophet’s hadiths and to religion, and who heard and himself transmitted the hadith, “Whoever knowingly tells a lie concerning me should prepare for a seat in Hell-fire”

Miracles concerning the increase of food through his blessing cont.•should have related an unfounded

incident or saying that would have made him the target of the contradiction of the People of the Bench, and that would have caused doubt concerning the value and soundness of all the other hadiths he had memorized? God forbid!

Miracles that are connected with water•Nine examples written in The Nineteenth

Letter.•Accurate books of tradition, in particular

Bukhari and Muslim, report from an authentic narration from Anas. About three hundred of us were together with God’s Messenger in the place named Zawra. He ordered us to perform the ablution for the afternoon prayer, but we could find no water.

Miracles that are connected with water cont.•He then told us to bring a little water, which

we did, and he dipped his auspicious hands into it. I saw water flow from his fingers like a fountain. His three hundred men performed the ablution with the water and drank from it.

•Anas relates this incident in the name of three hundred men. Is it possible that those three hundred people did not in effect assent to it, or in the event of their not assenting to it, not deny it?

Miracles that are connected with water cont.•As narrated in accurate books, and

foremost Bukhari and Muslim, Jabir b. Abd Allah al-Ansari said “We fifteen hundred people were thirsty during the Hudaybiyya expedition. The Noble Messenger performed the ablutions from a leather water-bag called a qirba, then he dipped his hand into it. Then I saw that water was flowing from his fingers like a spring.

Miracles that are connected with water cont.•Fifteen hundred men drank from it and

filled their waterbags.” •Once, Salim b. Abi’l-Ja‘d asked Jabir “How

many of you were there?” He replied “The water would have been enough even if there had been a hundred thousand people, but we were fifteen hundred.

Miracles that are connected with water cont.•Foremost Imam Malik in his esteemed

book, Muwatta, relates from the renowned Companion Mu‘adh b. Jabal. During the Tabuk expedition we came across a spring flowing as meagrely as a piece of fine string. The Noble Messenger ordered “Collect a little of the water!” They collected some in the palms of their hands. God’s Messenger washed his hands and face in it, and we returned it to the spring.

Miracles that are connected with water cont.•Suddenly the outlet of the spring opened

up and water gushed forth; it was sufficient for the whole army. Another narrator stated the water gushed forth from the spring under the earth making a roar like thunder. God’s Noble Messenger told Mu‘adh “If you live long enough, you will see that this miraculous water will transform this place into gardens.” And so it did.

Miracles that are connected with water cont.•Scholars of Hadith, primarily Ibn Khuzayma in

his Sahih, narrate from Umar “We ran out of water during the Tabuk expedition. Some people even slaughtered their camels for liquid. Abu Bakr the Veracious requested the Noble Messenger to pray. The Messenger raised his hands, and before he had lowered them clouds gathered, and such rain fell that we filled our containers. Then the rain stopped, and it had not fallen beyond the limits of the army.”

Miracles involving trees• Eight examples written in The Nineteenth

Letter.• The Noble Messenger was saddened at the

denial of the unbelievers. He prayed “O my Sustainer! Give me a sign that I shall no longer see anyone who contradicts me!” According to Anas, Gabriel was also present, upon whose instruction God’s Messenger called to a tree at the side of the valley. It came near him. He then told the tree to go back; it returned and settled itself in its place.

Miracles involving trees cont.•Usama b. Zayd, one the brave commanders

and servants of the Messenger reports in an authentic narration we were together with God’s Messenger on an expedition. There was no secluded, private place in which to answer the call of nature. He asked “Can you see any trees or rocks?” I replied “Yes, I can.” He ordered “Speak to them and tell them to join together for the relief of God’s Messenger; also tell the rocks to gather together as a wall.”

Miracles involving trees cont.•I went and said as he commanded. I

swear that the trees joined together and the rocks formed a wall. God’s Messenger after relieving himself, again commanded “Tell them to separate!” I swear by God in the grasp of whose power I am that the trees and rocks separated, and returned to their places.

Miracles involving trees cont.•Reported by Imam b. Fawrak while

travelling on horseback one night during the Ta’if expedition, sleep overcame God’s Messenger. While in that state a lote-tree loomed up before him. To make way for him and not to hurt his horse, the tree split in two, and the Noble Messenger, on the horse, passed between the two parts of the tree.

•The tree has remained as two trunks, in that honoured position, up to our time.

Miracles involving trees cont.•Tirmidhi reports in his Sahih from Ibn

Abbas through a sound narration God’s Messenger asked a beduin “Will you testify that I am the Messenger of God if a branch of that tree comes to me when I call to it?” The beduin replied “Yes.” The Messenger called to the branch. It broke off and jumped over near him, then jumped back when he told it to do so.

Miracle of the moaning pole•The pole’s moaning in the Prophet’s

mosque before a vast crowd because of its temporary separation from the Prophet both confirms and strengthens the instances of miracles related to trees. For the pole also was of wood; their substance was the same.

Miracle of the moaning pole cont.•When delivering the sermon in the mosque,

God’s Messenger used to lean against a pole consisting of a date-palm. But when the pulpit was made, he began to give the sermon from there. Whereupon the pole moaned and wailed like a camel; the whole congregation heard it. Only when the Prophet came down from the pulpit to it, and placed his hand on it, speaking to it and consoling it, did the pole stop moaning.

Miracle of the moaning pole cont.•The miracle of the moaning of the pole is

very widely known and there is ‘true consensus’ concerning it. Foremost Bukhari, Muslim, and the authentic books of hadith gave accounts of this great miracle.

Miracle of the moaning pole cont.•Jabir, in his chain of transmission, says

God’s Messenger used to lean against a wooden pole called ‘the palm trunk’ while delivering the sermon in the mosque. The pole could not endure it when the pulpit was made and the Messenger used that for the sermon, and began to moan and wail like a pregnant camel.”

Miracle of the moaning pole cont.•In his narration, Anas says it moaned like a

water-buffalo causing the mosque to tremble. • In his narration, Sahl b. Sa‘d says and

weeping increased among the people, on the pole’s moaning.”

•While in another narration, the Noble Messenger said “It is weeping at being separated from the recitation of God’s Names and the mentioning of God during the sermon.”

Miracles concerning rocks, mountains and lifeless things• Eight examples written in The Nineteenth

Letter.• From Ibn Mas‘ud, the Prophet’s servant “While

eating together with God’s Messenger, we used to hear the food glorifying God.”

• Anas, the Prophet’s servant, said we were together with God’s Messenger when he took up a handful of small stones and they began to praise God in his blessed palm. Then he put them in Abu Bakr the Veracious’s hand and again they glorified God.

Miracles concerning rocks, mountains and lifeless things cont.•In his line of transmission, Abu Dharr al-

Ghifari says then he put them into Umar’s hand, and again they glorified God. Then he took them and put them on the ground, and they were silent. Then he again took them, and put them in Uthman’s hand, where again they began to glorify God.

•Abu Dharr and Anas relate he put them in our hands and they were silent.

Miracles concerning rocks, mountains and lifeless things cont.•Ali, Jabir, and A’isha al-Siddiqa report that

rocks and mountains would say to God’s Messenger “Peace be upon you, O Messenger of God!”

• ‘A’isha said God’s Messenger said “When Gabriel brought me the message, I would never pass by a rock or a tree without it saying, ‘Peace be upon you, O Messenger of God!’”

Miracles concerning rocks, mountains and lifeless things cont.•This is the famous story of the well-known

monk Bahira. Before the beginning of his prophethood, God’s Messenger was travelling towards Damascus to trade together with his uncle Abu Talib and some of the Quraysh. They rested when they came near the church of Bahira the monk. Bahira, who was a hermit and did not mix with people, suddenly came out. He saw Muhammad among the caravan, and said “He is the Lord of the World; he will be a prophet.”

Miracles concerning rocks, mountains and lifeless things cont.•The Quraysh asked “How do you know?”

The holy monk replied “I saw a small cloud over the caravan as you were coming. When you sat down, the cloud moved toward him and cast its shadow over him. I also saw trees and rocks prostrate themselves before him, which they do only before prophets.”

Miracles concerning rocks, mountains and lifeless things cont.•And when you threw, it was not you who

threw; it was rather God that threw. (Qur’an, 8:17.)

•This verse refers to the following incident during the Battle of Badr. God’s Messenger took up a handful of earth and small stones and threw them at the army of the unbelievers, saying “May your faces be deformed!”

Miracles concerning rocks, mountains and lifeless things cont.•Just as these words entered the ears of all of

them despite being a single phrase, so too the handful of earth entered the eyes of each one of the unbelievers. Each became preoccupied with his eyes, and although on the attack, the army suddenly turned tail and fled.

•Since this event at Badr and is not within man’s power and ordinary causes, the Qur’an of Miraculous Exposition states the event in the above verse.

Miracles concerning rocks, mountains and lifeless things cont.•The accurate books and foremost Bukhari and

Muslim narrate that during the Khaybar expedition, a Jewess roasted a goat, filling it with a very strong poison. She then sent it to God’s Messenger . The Companions had begun to eat it, when the Prophet suddenly said “Withdraw you hands! It tells me it is poisoned!” Everyone pulled back his hand. But Bishr b. al-Bara’ had eaten a single morsel and died from the effects of the severe poison.

Miracles concerning rocks, mountains and lifeless things cont.•The Noble Messenger sent for the Jewess

called Zaynab and asked her why she had done it. The inauspicious woman said: “I considered that if you were a prophet, it would not harm you; and if you were a king, I would save the people from you.”

Miracles concerning rocks, mountains and lifeless things cont.•While fighting the idolators during the

great Battle of Badr, itself a source of wonders, Ukkasha b. Muhassin al-Asadi had his sword broken. God’s Messenger gave him a staff in place of it, saying “Fight with this!” Suddenly, with God’s leave, the staff became a long white sword, and he fought with it. He carried the sword on his person for the rest of his life until he fell as a martyr during the Battle of al-Yamama.

Miracles concerning rocks, mountains and lifeless things cont.•This incident is certain, because

throughout his life he carried the sword with pride and it became famous with the name of ‘Succour.’ Thus, two proofs of this incident are Ukkasha’s pride, and the sword’s name, ‘Succour’ and its widespread fame.

•Succour means helping somebody in need.

Miracles where the sick and the wounded were healed•Eight examples are written in The

Nineteenth Letter.•During the Battle of Uhud, Qatada b.

Nu‘man was hit in the eye by an arrow; it was struck out of his head, so that it was sitting on the side of his face. God’s Messenger took the eye in his blessed, healing hand and placed it in its socket; the eye healed as though nothing had happened to it and became the better of his two eyes.

Miracles where the sick and the wounded being healed cont.•Imam Baghawi relates at the Battle of

Khandaq, Ali b. al-Hakam’s leg was broken by the blow of an unbeliever. The Noble Messenger rubbed it. At the moment he did so, it was healed so that Ali b. al-Hakam did not even dismount from his horse.

Miracles where the sick and the wounded being healed cont.•This is the well-known story of Shurahbil

al-Ju‘fi. He had a unpleasant growth in the palm of his hand so that he could hold neither his sword nor the reins of his horse. God’s Messenger rubbed the growth with his blessed hand and massaged it; not a trace of it remained.

Miracles where the sick and the wounded being healed cont.•Imam Bayhaqi and Nasa’i relate through

an authentic chain of transmission that a child called Muhammad b. al-Hatib had been scalded by a pan of boiling water and his whole arm burnt. God’s Messenger touched the arm, spreading his spittle over it; the same instant it was healed.

Miracles where the sick and the wounded being healed cont.•A child who was not young but was mute

came to the Noble Messenger. He asked the child: “Who am I?” The child, who had been mute from birth, replied: “You are the Messenger of God,” and started to speak.

Miracles with animals, the dead, jinn and angles•This is well-known to the degree of ‘consensus

in meaning,’ and concerns the two pigeons coming and waiting at the entrance to the cave of Hira, where God’s Messenger and Abu Bakr the Veracious hid from the pursuing unbelievers, and the spider veiling the entrance with a thick web, like a curtain holder. Ubayy b. Khalaf, one of the leaders of the Quraysh whom God’s Messenger killed with his own hand at the Battle of Badr, looked at the cave.

Miracles with animals, the dead, jinn and angles cont.•When his companions suggested that they

enter, he replied “Why should we? I see a large spider’s web which appears to have been there since before Muhammad was born. And look, those two pigeons are there. Would they remain there if there was someone in the cave?”

Miracles with animals, the dead, jinn and angles cont.•A wolf seized a goat and the shepherd

saved it from the wolf. The wolf exclaimed “Don’t you fear God? You have deprived me of my sustenance!” The shepherd muttered to himself “How strange! Can wolves speak?” The wolf said to him “You’re the strange one, for beyond the hill is someone calling you to Paradise. He is a Messenger of God, yet you do not recognize him!”

Miracles with animals, the dead, jinn and angles cont.•A camel approached God’s Messenger,

prostrated itself before him as if saluting him, and spoke. According to a number of lines of transmission, the camel had been angered in a garden, and become wild, attacking anyone who approached it. When God’s Messenger appeared, it came to him, prostrated as a sign of respect, and knelt down.

Miracles with animals, the dead, jinn and angles cont.•The Messenger put a bridle on it, and the

camel said to him “They made me do the heaviest work and now they want to slaughter me. That’s why I went wild.” The Messenger asked its owner if this was true. “Yes,” he replied.

Miracles with animals, the dead, jinn and angles cont.•Also, it is narrated from Umar that he said

a beduin came to the Noble Messenger. He was holding a lizard. He said “If this reptile testifies to you, I shall believe in you; otherwise I will not.” God’s Messenger asked the lizard, and it testified to his messengership most eloquently.

Miracles with animals, the dead, jinn and angles cont.• Hasan al-Basri, an important and loyal student of

Imam ‘Ali reports a man came weeping to God’s Messenger. He said “I had a little girl; she drowned in such-and-such stream nearby. I left her there.” God’s Messenger pitied the man and said they would go there together. They went, and the Messenger called to the dead girl, saying her name. At once the dead girl replied “I am present and answer your call gladly.” God’s Messenger asked her “Do you want to return to your father and mother?’ She replied “No, I have found something better here!”

Miracles with animals, the dead, jinn and angles cont.•Important authorities like Imam Bayhaqi

and Imam b. Adiyy relate from Anas b. Malik. Anas reports an elderly woman had a single son who suddenly died. The righteous woman was very grieved and prayed “O God, I left my home and migrated here only to obtain Your pleasure and to pay allegiance to God’s Noble Messenger and to serve him.

Miracles with animals, the dead, jinn and angles cont.•For the sake of Your Messenger, return my

son to me, who was the only person to look after me.” Anas said the dead man rose up and came and ate with us. In the following lines from the celebrated poem Qasida al-Burda, Imam Busiri refers to this extraordinary event: Were his wonders to correspond to his virtue in greatness / Mere mention of his name would have animated decayed bones.

Miracles with animals, the dead, jinn and angles cont.•Scholars like Imam Bayhaqi relate from

Abd Allah b. I was present when Thabit b. Qays b. Shammas fell as a martyr in the Battle of Yamama and was buried. As he was being put in his grave, a voice suddenly came from him, saying “Muhammad is the Messenger of God, Abu Bakr is the Veracious [Siddiq], Umar, the martyr, and Uthman, pious and merciful.”

Miracles with animals, the dead, jinn and angles cont.•We uncovered him and looked: he was dead and

lifeless, yet he was foretelling Umar’s martyrdom even before he had succeeded to the Caliphate.

•Imam Tabarani, and Abu Na‘im in his Dala’il al-Nubuwwa, relate from Nu‘man b. Bashir: Zayd b. Kharija suddenly dropped down dead in the marketplace. We took his body to his house. That evening between sunset and the night prayer, while the women were weeping all around him, he exclaimed “Silence! Silence!”

Miracles with animals, the dead, jinn and angles cont.•Then, saying “Muhammad is God’s

Messenger! Peace be upon you, O Messenger of God!”, he spoke most eloquently for a while. We looked, he was dead, without life.

Miracles with animals, the dead, jinn and angles cont.• As regards angels appearing and serving God’s

Messenger (Upon whom be blessings and peace), and jinns believing in him and obeying him, these facts have been reported numerously and unanimously. They have been stated explicitly in many verses of the Qur’an. At the Battle of Badr, according to the Qur’an, five thousand angels served him as soldiers in the front line, like the Companions. Indeed, those angels acquired distinction among the angels, like the men who fought in that battle. There are two aspects to be considered in this matter:

Miracles with animals, the dead, jinn and angles cont.•The First is the fact that the existence of

the different sorts of jinn and angels is as definite as that of the varieties and species of animals and human beings, and that they have relations with us. We have proved this decisively in the Twenty-Ninth Word as certainly as two plus two equals four, and we refer their proof to that Word.

Miracles with animals, the dead, jinn and angles cont.•The Second Aspect is members of the

community of God’s Messenger seeing them and speaking with them, as a miracle of his.

•Thus, the leading scholars of hadith, and foremost Bukhari and Muslim, unanimously relate one time, an angel, that is, Gabriel, appeared in the form of a man dressed in white.

Miracles with animals, the dead, jinn and angles cont.•He approached God’s Messenger, who was

sitting among his Companions, and asked “What is Islam, what is belief, and what is goodness? Explain them.” The Messenger explained them, and the Companions gathered there both received valuable instruction, and saw the person clearly. Although he seemed like a traveller, he displayed no sign of a journey. He suddenly rose and disappeared. God’s Messenger then said “Gabriel did that in order to teach you!”

Miracles with animals, the dead, jinn and angles cont.•Also, the authorities on Hadith relate the

Companions saw Gabriel with God’s Messenger many times in the form of Dihya, who was very handsome. For instance, Umar, Ibn Abbas, Usama b. Zayd, Harith, A’isha al-Siddiqa, and Umm Salama established and related certainly “We frequently saw Gabriel with the God’s Messenger in the form of Dihya.”

•Is it at all possible that such people would say that they had seen him if they had not?

Miracles with animals, the dead, jinn and angles cont.•Also, the conqueror of Persia, Sa‘d b. Abi

Waqqas, who was one of the ten promised Paradise, relates in an authentic narration “At the Battle of Uhud we saw two white-dressed persons either side of God’s Messenger , guarding him like sentries. We understood that they were the angels, Gabriel and Michael.” Is it possible that if such a hero of Islam says he saw them, he had not seen them?

Miracles with animals, the dead, jinn and angles cont.•Also, Abu Sufyan b. Harith b. ‘Abd al-

Muttalib, the Prophet’s cousin, relates in an authentic narration “At the Battle of Badr, we saw horsemen dressed in white between the sky and the earth.”

•Also, Hamza pleaded with the Noble Prophet to see Gabriel. So he showed him to Hamza in the Ka‘ba, but he could not endure it and fell to the

•ground unconscious.

Miracles with animals, the dead, jinn and angles cont.•When it comes to jinns, it was not only the

Companions, it frequently occurs that ordinary members of the Muslim community meet with them and see them. But the most certain and authentic reports are given us by the leading scholars of Hadith, who say Ibn Mas‘ud related “I saw the jinn on the night they accepted Islam at Batn al-Nakhl. I likened them to the Zut, a tall-statured Sudanese tribe; they resembled them.”

Miracles with animals, the dead, jinn and angles cont.•There is also the incident concerning

Khalid b. al-Walid, which is famous and has been authenticated and accepted by the leading scholars of Hadith. When the idol called Uzza was destroyed, a jinn came out of it in the form of a black woman. Khalid cut it into two with his sword. The Noble Messenger said in connection with this “They used to worship it inside the idol Uzza; it can no longer be worshipped.”

Miracles connected with protection and preservation of God’s Messenger• “And God will defend you from men” (Qur’an, 5:70.)• For sure, when God’s Messenger appeared, he was

not only challenging one group, or one people, or a few rulers, or one religion; he was rather challenging single-handed all kings and the people of all religions. And yet until he died in perfect ease and happiness and rose to the heavenly court, for twenty-three years he was without guard or protector and was exposed to numerous plots, with his own uncle his greatest enemy and his own tribe and people hostile to him.

Miracles connected with protection and preservation of God’s Messenger• This shows what a powerful truth the above-mentioned

verse expresses and what a firm point of support it was. We shall mention only a few events classed as definite as examples.

• (1): Scholars of Hadith and the Prophet’s biography report unanimously that the Quraysh had made a certain agreement to kill God’s Messenger. Upon the suggestion of a demon in human form, so as to prevent discord within the Quraysh, at least one member of every branch of the tribe formed a group of nearly two hundred men under the leadership of Abu Jahl and Abu Lahab, and they staged a surprise attack on the Prophet’s house.

Miracles connected with protection and preservation of God’s Messenger•Ali was together with God’s Messenger. He

had told him to sleep that night in his bed. The Messenger waited till the Quraysh came and completely surrounded the house, then he went out and threw a handful of earth at their heads, and not one of them saw him. He passed through them and disappeared. When he reached the cave of Hira, two pigeons and a spider became his guards, and protected him against all the Quraysh.

Miracles connected with protection and preservation of God’s Messenger•(2): It certainly occurred that when they

emerged from the cave and set off towards Madinah, they were followed by a very brave man called Suraqa, who, for a large reward, had been sent by the leaders of the Quraysh to kill them. God’s Messenger and Abu Bakr the Veracious had seen Suraqa coming when they came out of the cave. Abu Bakr had been anxious, but God’s Messenger said “Do not be anxious, God is with us!”, as he had in the cave.

Miracles connected with protection and preservation of God’s Messenger•Abu Bakr looked at Suraqa: his horse’s hooves

were stuck in the sand. He was freed and started following them again. Then again the horse became transfixed, and something like smoke was rising from where its hooves were stuck. At that point he understood that it was beyond his power and anyone else’s power, to harm God’s Messenger. He cried for mercy. The Messenger freed him, but said “Go back, but make sure no one else comes after us.”

Miracles connected with protection and preservation of God’s Messenger•In connection with this incident, we

should also mention that a shepherd spotted them and immediately set off for Makkah to inform the Quraysh. But on arriving at the city, he forgot why he had come. No matter how much he tried, he could not remember. He was obliged to return. Then later he understood that he had been made to forget it.

Miracles connected with protection and preservation of God’s Messenger•(3)The leading scholars of Hadith relate

through many chains of transmission that at the Battle of Ghatafan and Anmar, a bold tribal chief called Ghurath got close to the Noble Prophet without anyone seeing him, his sword ready in his

•hand. He said to God’s Messenger “Who will save you from me?” God’s Messenger replied

•“God!” Then he prayed “O God, save me from him, if You thus will!”

Miracles connected with protection and preservation of God’s Messenger•Suddenly, Ghurath received a blow from the

Unseen between the shoulders and his sword fell to the ground. The Noble Messenger picked up the sword and said “Now who will save you from me?” Then he forgave him. The man returned to his tribe. Everyone was astonished at the bold, valiant fighter, and asked him what had happened to him and why he had done nothing. He replied to them “That’s the way it happened. I have come now from the best of men.”

Miracles connected with protection and preservation of God’s Messenger•In an incident similar to this at the Battle

of Badr, a dissembler approached the Noble Messenger from behind when no one was aware of it. Just as he was raising his sword to strike, God’s Messenger turned and looked at him; the man trembled and his sword slipped to the ground.

Miracles connected with protection and preservation of God’s Messenger•(4): It is related through a sound narration

that Amir b. Tufayl and Arbad b. Qays conspired to assassinate God’s Noble Messenger. Amir said “I’ll keep him busy, and you strike him.” They went, but Arbad did not do anything. Amir asked him later why he did not strike him. Arbad answered “How could I? Every time I intended to hit him, I saw you between us. How could I have struck you?”

Miracles connected with protection and preservation of God’s Messenger•(5): Abu Jahl took an oath, saying: “I shall

strike Muhammad with a stone if I see him prostrating.” He took a large stone and went to find God’s Messenger. He lifted his hands to cast the stone, when he saw him prostrating, and they remained raised. God’s Messenger stood up on completing the prayers, and Abu Jahl’s hand was released. He could move it either because the Prophet permitted, or because there was no longer any need for it to remain thus.

Miracles connected with protection and preservation of God’s Messenger•In another similar incident, a man from the

same tribe as Abu Jahl, al-Walid b. Mughira according to one narration, went to the Ka‘ba with a large stone in his hand, to strike the Noble Messenger while he was prostrating, but the man’s eyes were sealed and he could not see the Messenger entering, nor was he able to see the people who had sent him; he could only hear their voices. When God’s Messenger finished praying, his eyes were opened, for no need remained for them to be sealed

Miracles connected with protection and preservation of God’s Messenger• Also, it is related through an authentic narration

from Abu Bakr the Veracious that after the Sura about Abu Lahab had been revealed, his wife, Hammalat al-Hatab (the wood carrier) Umm Jamil, came to the Ka‘ba with a stone in her hand. She saw Abu Bakr, who was sitting beside the Noble Messenger, and asked him, “Where’s your friend? I hear that he mocked me. If I see him, I will hit him in the mouth with this rock.” She could not see God’s Messenger, although he was sitting beside him.

Conclusion for week 2...• Thus, from the beginning up to here, this treatise

shows that every species of being, every realm of creation in the universe, recognized the Noble Messenger, and was connected with him. His miracles were manifested in every one of them. This means that the Prophet Muhammad was the official and Messenger of God Almighty, but in regard to His titles of Creator of the Universe and Sustainer of all Creatures. For example, every office or department of government knows and recognizes a high-ranking official,

Conclusion for week 2...• an inspector, of the king, and whichever of them he

enters, those in it show an interest in him, for he acts in the name of the king of all of them. If he is only an inspector in the judiciary, then only that department of government recognizes him; the other offices do not. And if he is an inspector in the army, the civil service does not recognize him. It is understood, then, that all the realms and spheres of Divine rule, every species and group from the angels to the flies and spiders, knew and recognized God’s Messenger, or had been informed about him.

Conclusion for week 2...•That is to say, he was the Seal of the

Prophets and the Messenger of the Sustainer of All the Worlds. And his prophethood was more comprehensive and all-embracing than those of all the preceding prophets.

Next few weeks...•Splitting of the moon.•The Quran.•Mirac (the Ascension).•Evidences of his prophethood that became

obvious in his own personality, his inner and outer being, his moral conduct, etc...

•Miracles that happened at the time of his birth or before his prophetic mission.

•Miracles with the prophets prayers.